Ryo Yokoyama

Simultaneous knockout of VITAMIN C DEFECTIVE 2 and 3 exacerbates ascorbate deficiency and light stress sensitivity Abstract. Light-dependent activation of ascorbate biosynthesis is essential for accumulating ascorbate to mitigate photooxidative stress. The VTC2 and VTC3

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Pod Photosynthesis: A New Frontier for Developing Stress-Resilient and High-Yielding Crops Abstract. Burgeoning global demand for crop products and the negative impact of climate change on crop production are driving the need to improve yield by

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The Green Index: A Widely Accessible Method to Quantify the Degree of Greenness of Photosynthetic Organisms onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The sucrose transporter GmSWEET3c drives soybean nodulation by regulating root sucrose allocation Chen et al. find that rhizobia inoculation will induce sucrose allocation to the root susceptible zone, which is important for rhizobia infection. Using genetics and other methods, they demonstrate th...

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Dynamic regulation of Arabidopsis β-AMYLASE1 by glutathione and thioredoxins affects starch in guard cells The redox homeostasis of glutathione regulates starch metabolism in guard cells by influencing the activation state of the β-AMYLASE1, a key enzyme in guar

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A photosynthetic checkpoint halts Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 response to nitrogen deprivation during glucose-mediated metabolic imbalance Cyanobacteria adapt to nitrogen starvation by undergoing chlorosis, a regulated bleaching process involving the degradation of phycobilisomes, the light harvesting antennae complexes, and accumulation...

A photosynthetic checkpoint halts Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 response to nitrogen deprivation during glucose-mediated metabolic imbalance www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Engineered lignin composition in Brachypodium distachyon modulates the root-associated microbiome Lignin is a key component of the plant cell wall and a barrier to microbial interaction and biomass digestibility. While lignin biosynthesis has been engineered in grasses to reduce recalcitrance for ...

Engineered lignin composition in Brachypodium distachyon modulates the root-associated microbiome www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Molecular evolution of terpene synthase underlying the diversification of isoprene emission in Fagaceae Plants emit a wide range of volatile organic compounds, among which isoprene is the most abundant and atmospherically influential. Although oak species are major contributors to isoprene emission, the...

Molecular evolution of terpene synthase underlying the diversification of isoprene emission in Fagaceae www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Ultrastructure of the Endoplasmic Reticulum in Eukaryotic Microalgae The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is a large and highly dynamic component of the eukaryotic endomembrane system. In eukaryotic microalgae, it plays six distinct roles: (1) It envelopes the chromatin to ...

Ultrastructure of the Endoplasmic Reticulum in Eukaryotic Microalgae onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Frontiers | Light-dark dependent changes in chloroplast and mitochondrial activity in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii In photosynthetic organisms, the inter-organellar coordination between photosynthetic and respiratory processes is fundamental for maintaining cellular energ...

Light-dark dependent changes in chloroplast and mitochondrial activity in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii www.frontiersin.org/journals/pla...

A transcription factor ensemble orchestrates bundle sheath expression in rice - Nature Communications Hua et al., identify transcription factors and a short, conserved DNA element that drive gene expression in bundle sheath cells of rice and Arabidopsis, offering a new tool for engineering photosynthe...

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Light induced transthylakoidal proton gradient is a key signal driving the downward migration of motile diatoms in sediments - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Light induced transthylakoidal proton gradient is a key signal driving the downward migration of motile diatoms in sediments

Light induced transthylakoidal proton gradient is a key signal driving the downward migration of motile diatoms in sediments www.nature.com/articles/s41...

ABA insensitive 5 mediates abscisic acid regulation of plant photosynthesis by coordinating carbon and nitrogen assimilation Photosynthesis is inextricably linked to plant biomass and productivity. Enhancing the capacity for photosynthetic carbon assimilation stands as a pivotal strategy to boost plant photosynthetic effi...

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The Structure and Mechanism of Energy Transfer in Phycobilisomes | Annual Reviews - www.annualreviews.org/content/jour... @annualreviews.bsky.social

Frontiers | Plant cyanogenic glycosides: from structure to properties and potential applications Cyanogenic glycosides (CGs) represent an important group of secondary metabolites predominantly of plant origin, characterized by their ability to release hy...

Plant cyanogenic glycosides: from structure to properties and potential applications www.frontiersin.org/journals/pla...

Natural variation in Arabidopsis thaliana highlights a key role of Glyoxalase I;2 in detoxifying glucose-derived reactive carbonyl species Reactive carbonyl species (RCS) are highly toxic molecules produced during normal metabolism and increased under conditions of oxidative stress. Here we show that Arabidopsis thaliana ecotypes exhibit...

Natural variation in Arabidopsis thaliana highlights a key role of Glyoxalase I;2 in detoxifying glucose-derived reactive carbonyl species www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

A fungal effector promotes infection via stabilizing a negative regulatory factor of chloroplast immunity - Nature Communications The SsCm1 effector of the pathogenic fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, despite the lack of canonical chorismate mutase activity, inhibits chloroplast immunity and alleviates photoinhibition in host cel...

A fungal effector promotes infection via stabilizing a negative regulatory factor of chloroplast immunity www.nature.com/articles/s41... @natcomms.nature.com

GCN1 Regulates Translation of Chloroplast‐Encoded Genes in Response to Light via the Nuclear Gene‐Encoded Protein RH39 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Chlorophyll Reconstitution of Photosynthetic Light-Harvesting Complexes Abstract. Light-harvesting complexes (LHCs) play crucial roles in efficient photoenergy conversion and photoprotection of photosynthetic systems. In LHCs,

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Recent Research Progress on the Origin, Biological Activities, and Synthesis of Natural Bibenzyls | Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

The chloroplast ionome shines new light on organellar Fe homeostasis Annually, chloroplasts fix 258 billion tons of CO2 through photosynthesis. Photosynthesis and other biochemical pathways require specific amounts of metal ions in the organelle. Transport proteins in ...

The chloroplast ionome shines new light on organellar Fe homeostasis www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

TCP10 acts downstream of light and retrograde signaling pathways to promote Arabidopsis cotyledon de‐etiolation in concert with GLK1 Cotyledon de-etiolation is a crucial process during seedling photomorphogenesis that comprises growth pattern reprogramming and the development of photosynthetically active chloroplasts. Studying th...

TCP10 acts downstream of light and retrograde signaling pathways to promote Arabidopsis cotyledon de‐etiolation in concert with GLK1 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @newphyt.bsky.social

AtHSP90.5 and AtFtsH12 synergistically regulate the accumulation of photosynthesis protein complexes and chloroplast development in Arabidopsis The assembly of photosynthesis protein complexes during chloroplast biogenesis requires the massive translocation of photosynthesis proteins into chloroplasts, a process powered by chloroplast chaper....

AtHSP90.5 and AtFtsH12 synergistically regulate the accumulation of photosynthesis protein complexes and chloroplast development in Arabidopsis onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @theplantjournal.bsky.social

A stress-induced paralog of Lhcb4 controls the photosystem II functional architecture in Arabidopsis thaliana www.nature.com/articles/s41... @natcomms.nature.com

Overexpression of protein import machinery subunit ycf1/Tic214 represses photosynthetic complex biogenesis by inhibiting the synthesis of plastid-encoded core subunits in tobacco Abstract. ycf1 is a chloroplast-encoded large open reading frame. Recently, the Ycf1 protein was identified as a component (Tic214) of the translocon compl

Overexpression of protein import machinery subunit ycf1/Tic214 represses photosynthetic complex biogenesis by inhibiting the synthesis of plastid-encoded core subunits in tobacco academic.oup.com/jxb/article-... @jxbotany.bsky.social

Acclimation of photosynthesis began with a Cu-binding superoxide detoxifying enzyme Plant acclimation is a growing scientific concept, at molecular, cellular and global scales. All photosynthetic organisms that created an oxic atmosphere on earth possess a gene of unknown function, A...

Acclimation of photosynthesis began with a Cu-binding superoxide detoxifying enzyme www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Role of Chloroplast Lipid-Remodelling Protein 23 During Cold Acclimation in Arabidopsis thaliana Cold acclimation is a crucial physiological process that enables plants to adapt to low temperatures. A key aspect of this adaptation is lipid remodeling, which preserves membrane fluidity and integri...

Role of Chloroplast Lipid-Remodelling Protein 23 During Cold Acclimation in Arabidopsis thaliana www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Enzyme promiscuity in the field of synthetic biology applied to white biotechnology: Opportunities and weaknesses White biotechnology stands as a major sustainable alternative to address pressing environmental issues arising from our heavy dependence on petrochemi…

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The RRM domain–containing protein Rbp3 interacts with ribosomes and the 3’ ends of mRNAs encoding photosynthesis proteins | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... @pnas.org

Positional 13C enrichment analysis of aspartate determines PEPC activity in vivo Photoautotrophic organisms fix inorganic carbon (Ci) by RIBULOSE-1,5-BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE/OXYGENASE (RUBISCO) and PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYLASE (PEPC). Monitoring Ci assimilation rates in vivo.....

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